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Mike Wozniak Tour 2023

1st September 2022

2023 , Tours

Ever wondered how Mike’s Great-Aunt Zusa made it from Poland to Luton with a war nipping at her heels? Here’s your chance to find out.

Mike Wozniak will be touring the UK and Ireland in 2023 with his brand new show ‘ZUSA’. As seen on Taskmaster  (Channel 4),  Man Down  (Channel 4) and  Would I Lie To You?  (BBC One). As heard on  Small Scenes  (BBC Radio 4), the  St Elwick’s Neighbourhood Association Newsletter  podcast and the  Three Bean Salad  podcast.

Coming to Newport, London, Lancaster, Kendal, Portsmouth, Frome, Dorchester, Manchester, Pocklington, Knaresborough, Liverpool, Leicester, Norwich, Birmingham, Plymouth, Greystones, Belfast, Cork, Sheffield, Hull, Cambridge, Bristol, Oxford, Leeds, Reading, Brighton, Exeter, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Chester, Machynlleth, Aberteifi/Cardigan, Nottingham, Cardiff and Worthing.

More dates to be added. Join our mailing list for the latest updates.

Running Time: 110 mins

Note : Running time includes a 20-minute interval

Artwork by Madison Coby.

For more information, please look at our tour page here

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Review: Mike Wozniak: Take the Hit - Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff

Our reviewer loved the idiosyncratic flights of fancy of the Exeter gagsmith

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There's a near-unique feeling of pleasure to be had at being part of a crowd in a small-ish gig when a performer gets it pretty much bang on. It's something akin to watching a person trip in the street when almost nobody notices - that small moment of schadenfreude which underpins a feeling of triumphant one-upmanship for at least the rest of the day. That feeling of being in on the gag, of capturing a moment in time missed by others, came to the fore during Mike Wozniak's show played to a fortunate few dozen at Chapter. His almost dandyish appearance - a smart black suit crowning a dress shirt and oversized black dicky bow acting as the natural accompaniment to his thick moustache and raffish hair - cultivated a stately manner which was further entrenched by his genteel nasal tones. The subversion of the seemingly outdated overlapped into the set, with a tight 50 minutes predominantly centred around Wozniak's chaotic home life (his parents-in-law have moved in "until death") refreshingly light and airy. Most mother-in-law jokes had their day in the 70s but the Exeter-based funnyman put a sprightly and distinctive spin on perhaps the most hackneyed of comedy topics with this gag-fest. Quickfire funnies were interspersed with moments of neat observational comedy - not to mention a lesson in showbusiness mores and the all-important graveside monologue. Wozniak has the expressive and almost loudmouth style of a less rash Russell Brand, never using the Germanic when a finer Latinate alternative exists but without descending (or, perhaps, ascending) into esoteric polysyllabic flights of fancy. There's the hard edge, too, of a cynic in there - even though you sense the true warmth of Wozniak's heart matches the breadth of his creative talent. A show like this could all too easily be dismissed as eccentric or offbeat but that belies the refinement and sharpness which Wozniak's showmanship could conceal. His craftsmanship in both writing and performance was exemplified by the neat manner in which he weaved together several loose strands with a final flourish. This show might mean I'll never look at horses - or Michael Fassbender - quite the same way again, and it might have stopped several dozen Cardiffians from being the ideal attendants at a deathbed vigil for the foreseeable future, but all of that was very much a price worth paying to be in on this.

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Date: Thu 4 Jul 2024 Venue: Brighton Comedy Garden Price: £26.00 Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Huge Davies , Lou Sanders , Mike Wozniak

Date: Fri 19 Jul 2024 Venue: Earth Price: £20 Hackney Comedy Experience. Plus: Tom Ballard Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Catherine Bohart , Mike Wozniak , Ross Noble , Shaparak Khorsandi

Date: Sat 27 Jul 2024 Venue: St Albans Verulamium Park Price: £28.60 St Albans Comedy Garden Show starts: 13:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Clinton Baptiste , Ivo Graham , Jason Cook , Jeff Innocent , Katherine Ryan , Maisie Adam , Mike Wozniak , Reginald D Hunter , Ross Noble , Stephen Bailey

Date: Sun 28 Jul 2024 Venue: Kirkstall Abbey Price: Please contact venue or promoters Kirkstall Abbey Comedy Festival Show starts: 14:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Amy Gledhill , Harriet Kemsley , Jon Richardson , Mike Wozniak

Date: Wed 4 Sep 2024 Venue: Manchester Castlefield Bowl Price: Please contact venue or promoters Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Celya AB , Harry Hill , Helen Bauer , Mike Wozniak , Thanyia Moore

Date: Thu 12 Sep 2024 Venue: National Maritime Museum Price: £29.15 Greenwich Comedy Festival. Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Janine Harouni , Jen Brister , Mike Wozniak , Sara Pascoe

Date: Fri 6 Dec 2024 Venue: Colchester Charter Hall Price: £27.00 Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Ivo Graham , Janine Harouni , Mike Wozniak , Sara Pascoe

Date: Sat 7 Dec 2024 Venue: Ipswich Corn Exchange Price: £26.00 Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Jen Brister , Mike Wozniak , Rhys James , Sara Pascoe

Date: Sun 8 Dec 2024 Venue: Brighton Theatre Royal Price: Please contact venue or promoters Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

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Mike Wozniak: Zusa

Little wander in association with pbj management presents....

Ever wondered how Mike’s Great-Aunt Zusa made it from Poland to Luton with a war nipping at her heels? Here’s your chance to find out.

As seen on Taskmaster (Channel 4), Man Down (Channel 4) and Would I Lie To You? (BBC One). As heard on Small Scenes (BBC Radio 4), the St Elwick’s Neighbourhood Association Newsletter podcast and the Three Bean Salad podcast.

‘Mike Wozniak’ The Guardian  

Please note the audio of this show will be recorded for commercial release.

This event will last approximately 2 hours, including an interval.  Age guidance: 14+

Artwork credit: Madison Coby

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Quote from: BritishHobo on December 04, 2022, 06:02:25 PM We're four days into advent, so the first few Mach Fest tickets are now available: the showcases, Athena Kugblenu, Mike Wozniak and Phil Wang: https://machcomedyfest.co.uk/ Tickets aren't available yet, but it has also been announced that Nick Mohammed will be doing a show Sunday afternoon, which I am absolutely there for. Full-on start though - Phil, Mike and Nick's shows are all nearly two hours each. Is this common in the stand-up world now?

Quote from: BritishHobo on December 05, 2022, 09:59:07 AM Cheers! I thought as much. Stewart Lee is the only person I've ever seen do it, and that's when he's explicitly doing two shows. I would like to see Wozniak as I've only seen him do a very early WiP before, but not sure I can be arsed with almost two hours.

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Quote from: BritishHobo on December 04, 2022, 06:02:25 PM Full-on start though - Phil, Mike and Nick's shows are all nearly two hours each. Is this common in the stand-up world now?

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Quote from: BritishHobo on December 06, 2022, 10:44:24 PM Nick Mohammed tickets went up today - my first official purchase of Mach '23! 75 minutes, so not quite as extreme as the other two, who both break 100. He is doing Cardiff a week later, so if a bigger priority fills the same slot (I can only see Sam Nicoresti or Sean Morley fitting this criteria) I'll switch to that.

Quote from: Wayman C. McCreery on December 06, 2022, 08:45:55 AM I saw Mike Wozniak's show as an hour-long work-in-progress (though I think he'd been doing them for a year, and it felt fully-formed) at this year's Mach and loved it, though it was the first show on a Sunday. Mach audiences are usually well behaved but I'm not sure how well a two-hour version of a whimsical story about a Polish refugee will go down in front of a merry Saturday night crowd.

Quote from: BritishHobo on January 19, 2023, 10:10:31 AM They've announced a fair few shows in the last week. I've booked Peter Fleming ( https://machcomedyfest.co.uk/show/2023/peter-fleming-peter-fleming-meets-doctor-who-work-in-progress/ ) immediately. I say this every year, but I think I want to see as many unfamiliar acts as possible. So if anybody has any recommendations for anybody who isn't Steffan Alun, or Glang Show-affiliated, let me know.

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Quote from: Wayman C. McCreery on January 20, 2023, 11:07:52 PM Quite a few shows popping up now. I've liked what I've seen of Celya AB (the only comedian to share their initials with this website?) and Stew Lee's mentioned her a couple of times in his newsletter, but she's up against Rob Auton (doing The Crowd Show) who I haven't seen yet. Which show should I go to, Cook'd and Bomb'd forums?

Quote from: BritishHobo on January 26, 2023, 01:59:52 PM Some further shows have been released. I've snapped up Sean Morley tickets (of course). What do people think of Mandatory Redistribution Party? I've been meaning to listen to it for years and have just started in order to see if I want tickets. Interesting that there's no sign yet of most of the big big names (Gamble, Kumar, Watson etc). They're always first on the advent calendar, but this year it feels like they're pushing smaller names first.

Quote from: BritishHobo on January 22, 2023, 11:34:06 AM I'm considering Ceyla AB as well. Going to make an effort this year to see people whose names I've seen in the programme (and on here) for years, but never actually gone to. So I've penned in Jordan Brookes, who I've always been intrigued by.

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Ever wondered how Mike’s Great-Aunt Zusa made it from Poland to Luton with a war nipping at her heels? Here’s your chance to find out.

As seen on  Taskmaster  (Channel 4),  Man Down  (Channel 4) and  Would I Lie To You  (BBC One). As heard on  Small Scenes  (BBC Radio 4), the  St Elwick’s Neighbourhood Association Newsletter  podcast and the  Three Bean Salad  podcast.

• RUNNING TIME 95 mins
• AGE RECOMMENDATION 14+
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Mike Wozniak: Zusa at Soho Theatre review: deliciously distinctive fun

On the way to Mike Wozniak’s show at Soho Theatre last night I passed the nearby comedy club 21Soho and through the window spotted Michael McIntyre doing an impromptu intimate set . You could not get two more different comedians . McIntyre goes straight for the punchline, Wozniak takes the scenic route. Fortunately the wait is usually worth it.

Wozniak‘s new show is not so much stand-up as storytelling. Zusa tells the elaborate tale of his great-aunt’s journey from a pre-WWII Polish village to post-war Luton. It is an epic chronicle that includes, among other things, a guinea pig post-mortem, a trip into town to buy a button and a discussion about the best way to get from Exeter to Weymouth. And that’s before the interval.

The former doctor acquired new fans with his eccentric antics on Channel 4’s Taskmaster, even sporting a mohawk in a last ditch stab at victory. Maybe the mohawk was as fake or as factual as this yarn. Onstage he simply tells his story straight-faced, pausing occasionally to run his fingers through his now decidedly normal hair.

This might be the shaggiest of shaggy dog stories you will ever hear. Or perhaps it is largely true with just the names changed to avoid tax implications. Wozniak does tease us with the possibility of the latter, leaving the audience to make up their own minds.

There is certainly lots going on. At times it feels as if there are more tangents than story as we hear about Kylie Minogue, crime podcasts and a short relative with a large bladder. Some tonal shifts are a little unexpected. A digression about the German Ambassador in Denmark helping Jews escape to Sweden – definitely true – is fascinating if not really in tune with the saga.

But whenever things start meandering a line of inspired brilliance frequently gets us back on track. When Zusa wants to join her air force husband Zbigniew on a raid she is told there is no room because the bombs take up all the space: “You can’t drop a wife on Stuttgart”.

With a running time of 90 minutes the show could be zippier. But at its best Zusa resembles an episode of Who Do You Think You Are? crossed with Spike Milligan’s military memoirs. Wozniak shares the late Goon’s love of the absurd and fondness for a surreal image. At one point we hear about how his determined ancestor hid on a fishing boat disguised as a mollusc.

It would not be a surprise to discover that Zusa is entirely factual. Then again, Wozniak has such a vibrant imagination it could also all be entirely false. Either way it is deliciously distinctive fun.

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Friday 19th Jul 2024

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Lou Sanders is a British stand-up comedian - one of Time Out's Top 5 Newcomers at the Edinburgh Fringe 2011.

Tours include: 'How To Be Awesome: An Introduction', 'Lou Sanders in My Best Friend Bev Is Pregnant..', 'Lou Sanders in Another Great Show Again', 'Excuse Me, You're Sitting on My Penis...', 'What's That Lady Doing?', 'Shame Pig', 'Say Hello To Your New Step-Mummy', 'One Word: Wow', 'Friends and Lovers', and 'No Kissing in the Bingo Hall'.

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Little Wander in association with PBJ Management present… Ever wondered how Mike’s Great-Aunt Zusa made it from Poland to Luton with a war nipping at her heels? Here’s your chance to find out. As seen on Taskmaster (Channel 4), Man Down (Channel 4) and Would I Lie To You? (BBC One). As heard on Small Scenes (BBC Radio 4), the St Elwick’s Neighbourhood Association Newsletter podcast and the Three Bean Salad podcast.

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The Stand Comedy Club Newcastle

31 High Bridge, Newcastle, NE1 1EW

0191 232 0707

*** SOLD OUT *** Ever wondered how Mike’s Great-Aunt Zusa made it from Poland to Luton with a war nipping at her heels? Here’s your chance to find out. As seen on Taskmaster (Channel 4), Man Down (Channel 4) and Would I Lie To You? (BBC One). As heard on Small Scenes (BBC Radio 4), the St Elwick’s Neighbourhood Association Newsletter podcast and the Three Bean Salad podcast. This event was brought forwards from 4th May 2023- All tickets remain valid for the new date. If you have already purchased tickets with the Glee Box Office we will have sent you an email with full details. Please check your spam/junk folders. If you have not received this email please contact [email protected].

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• Doors open 6:30PM
• Last entry 7:15PM

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